huddling

huddling

to draw the limbs close to the body, as from cold: to huddle under a blanket

☆ Informal to hold a private, informal conference

☆ Football to gather in a huddle

Origin of huddle

origin, originally (16th circa ), to put out of sight ; from uncertain or unknown; perhaps or akin to Middle English hudel, variant, variety of hidel, a hiding place ; from Old English hydel ; from hydan, hide

transitive verb

to crowd close together

to hunch or draw (oneself) up

to do, put, or make hastily and carelessly

to push or thrust in a hurried or disordered manner

noun

a confused crowd or heap of persons or things

confusion; muddle; jumble

☆ Informal a private, informal conference

☆ Football a grouping of a team behind the line of scrimmage to receive signals before a play